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Tuesday, February 27, 2007

What does entrepreneurship mean to you?

Some entrepreneurs share their thoughts...

"Entrepreneurship is about the ability to create something. It starts with the passion to build and continues with the desire to stay at it against all odds. Contrary to what most people think its not about a billion dollar idea which somebody has in their garage and then becomes a company. On the other hand its more about someone's desire to make a difference or do something better or solve a problem and then the idea they have invariably changes over time as the market forces dictate the evolution of the idea. True entrepreneurship is about the ability to adapt and grow the original idea as the market changes to the point where your original idea may no longer be the driving force. SO flexibility and persistence are more important than brilliance in the original idea."
D.P. Venkatesh,CEO, mPortal Inc www.mPortal.com

“Entrepreneurship is about identifying new opportunities or unmet need and creating a unique solution to solve those needs. It is also about creativity, passion, enthusiasm and zeal to create something different. It’s really encouraging to see number of young entrepreneurs coming out of comfort level and willing to take risk and the respect entrepreneurs are getting from society. Also the initiatives taken by organizations like TiE and NeN for creating an ecosystem for supporting and helping entrepreneurs is playing a big role in promoting entrepreneurship in India and creating a string positive attitude of “I can. I will.”
Manish Agrawal, Founder, Picsquare.com

“Entrepreneurship is realization of one’s true potential”
Manjula Sridhar, CEO & Founder, Virefree

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6 comments:

Unknown said...

Responsible Entrepreneurship means how to run a business in a way that enhances its positive contribution to society whilst minimising negative impacts on people and the environment. Responsible Entrepreneurship is, therefore, a way of adding value to both the business and society. It denotes voluntary business strategies to achieve sustainable development and is fully in line with the notion of corporate social responsibility, which the EU has defined as «a concept whereby companies integrate social and environmental concerns in their interaction with their stakeholders on a voluntary basis»

Unknown said...

Entrepreneurship is a romantic and sexy word till the time you start the business. You have the freedom to work at your pace and schedule and you end up clenched with work 24x7.

Nevertheless, it's something we all should strive to achieve.

Rupkamal said...

Entrepreneurship is a never ending adventure. It is not a destination. No entrepreneur actually knows where he is heading. It is all about the journey that you are making. There will be milestones of achievements and failures in your way but the journey will continue... As it was said .. 'I still have miles to go before I sleep' .

Unknown said...

Entrepreneurship is personification of an inspiration (basically a problem) that has been solved specifically and envisioned into a generic use. The attributes of such a solution is designed to be commercially viable and treads along the ever changing needs of the customer. The process also involves convincing the market, and growing the band-wagon bigger to accommodate more takers or customers.

Unknown said...

Entrepreneurship is about lEARNING how to EARN

Unknown said...

Entrepreneurship is a process of lEARNING to know how to EARN